Jazz Articles about Jason Lindner

About Jason Lindner

Album Review

Donny McCaslin: Lullaby for the Lost

Read "Lullaby for the Lost" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
September 11, 2025

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin and his band's collaboration on David Bowie's final album Blackstar (ISO Records, 2016) marked a pivotal moment in McCaslin's career. Following Bowie's death just two days after the album's release, McCaslin transitioned from being a well-respected jazz musician to achieving international recognition. His band's innovative contributions helped make Bowie's final album a critically acclaimed late-career highlight. Since then, McCaslin's brand of innovative, contemporary jazz fusion has continued breaking through barriers to define a distinctive sound ...

Album Review

Donny McCaslin: I Want More

Read "I Want More" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
July 23, 2023

Donny McCaslin's album, I Want More, is a captivating and boundary-breaking release which highlights the saxophonist composer's innovative musical approach. Building on his previous collaborations and experiences, McCaslin ventures into uncharted territory by seamlessly fusing elements of electronica, post-rock, jazz, and improv. The result is a genre-defying sound which pushes the boundaries, and showcases McCaslin's prowess in creating a dynamic and studio-driven sonic experience. Drawing inspiration from contemporary electronic music, this album introduces new listeners to the captivating world of ...

Album Review

Miriam Elhajli: The Uncertainty of Signs

Read "The Uncertainty of Signs" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
May 31, 2022

Miriam Elhajli è una giovane cantautrice e musicologa attiva a New York, influenzata dal folklore venezuelano e marocchino. Una tradizione assimilata in famiglia, che lei fonde con la sensibilità del jazz moderno e i modelli di Joni Mitchell e altre vocalist degli anni sessanta/settanta. Il suo debutto discografico Observations, inciso nel 2018 e pubblicato due anni dopo, ha colpito critica e pubblico per la bellezza delle sue composizioni, interpretate con un'intima colloquialità romantica che ricordava la Mitchell ...

Album Review

Oz Noy: Snapdragon

Read "Snapdragon" reviewed by Mike Jacobs

by Mike Jacobs
November 17, 2020

It's an old sentiment but it still holds that great instrumental chops, enthralling as they may be, are fairly meaningless on their own. And quite frankly, they are pretty ubiquitous these days with the internet exposure machine going full tilt. Given all that, it's quite easy for the listener to become inured with technical prowess-- especially wizardry of the fretboard. So to say Oz Noy is a fantastic guitarist just isn't enough anymore. It's fortunate then that what ...

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Extended Analysis

Blackstar

by Nenad Georgievski
January 11, 2016

The 10-year long absence from the limelight clearly didn't dim singer David Bowie's sense of guile or invention. That was clearly evident with the sudden reappearance with the utterly brilliant The Next Day which pilot single “Where Are We Now?" appeared from nowhere on his birthday and delighting many people along the way. In a career that has lasted for 50 years, Bowie has always refused to be pigeonholed and with Blackstar that is set to continue. Many years into ...

Interview

Jason Lindner: Beyond the Solo

by Franz A. Matzner
August 18, 2014

Jason Linder has been at the center of modern jazz's evolution for nearly two decades. His distinctive and flexible piano and synthesizer sound have placed him in a bewildering array of musical contexts and whether it's accompanying Anat Cohen, collaborating with Dafnis Prieto, or challenging the very edges of contemporary jazz--edges he has helped carve--Lindner consistently presents incisive musical forays that manipulate rhythm and sonic texture as much as they do melody and harmony. Equally articulate away from ...

Album Review

Jason Lindner: NowVsNow

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 23, 2010

Gives You è una band formata da tre elementi, che cambia dimensione a seconda dei collaboratori di turno - da segnalare in questo NowVsNow Meshell Ndegeocello, Anat Cohen e Kurt Rosenvinkel - e che si muove in una zona franca a cavallo tra elettronica, lounge, spoken music, ambient, jazz, etc. Mente di tutto questo è il pianista compositore, agitatore musicale e produttore Jason Lindner, che giostrando tra piccole formazioni e una leggendaria big band è diventato ben presto una delle ...